• The Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju held a meeting with the President of Inter Parliamentary Union, (IPU) Mr Duarte Pacheco in New Delhi on March 16, 2021.
• IPU headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland

Key areas of discussions included: 

• Discussion about corporation among the international parliamentarians especially in the field of Youth Affairs and Sports. 
• India’s Fit India Movement, Yoga and how we have been able to start certain sports-related activities in the country in a controlled manner despite COVID 19.
• Proposed to arrange a World Youth Parliamentarian meeting where the younger Parliamentarians can come together and promote some fitness activities during the youth exchange of different countries.